Reafons whyChrid wouldwere the third Sonday inLent. Ser.z.3. out hinttcltc with journeying,&c, meere idleneffein man, to thinke that God made him for nothing, or to fit f1í11 &be idle. In thefweat ofthy browes_haltthan eat thy bread : This waspæna culpe,a punifhment appointed him for the fault he hadcômitted,that euery bit of bread Mouldcoil him a dropofsweat; andthis lighted vponour Sauiourhimfelfc,as beingour Suretie : the debt wasours ;but he flandiag bound for vs, wasforced to payit,we failing therein. cíz;esswelks,' e , vtfaciam voluntatem patris : And here the meat that hewas. to. freedvpon,wasa hard çrufl to gnaw vpon.Thecon- vert-ionof this woman; he was to tugfor itand fwcar for it , Hee_ballfee of the sfay 53, trauellofhisfaulrand_hallbef fatisfied. His bodie trauclled with vcarineffe, his foule with thoughtsand cares ; but he shallfee that which hedelired , and bee fatisfied. Saint tilmbrafe difcourfingof thefe our Sauiours paines, faith, That forthat he did efteeme fo highly of them,they arenot to be confidcredas pains, but as the priceof our Redemption. Andif theprice ofthy rtnfome coil God a great deale of labour andfveat, it isnot much, that the price of finding God thould be thy labour and thy fveat. Laurentian Iutinianuafaith,That God had contriued it fo, that theNiniuites should fee tones gaping for breach,& al-to-be- rayed with the filthie flftne andoyle of the Whale ; to theend thatthis fo fad and forrowful a f pettacle, fhould be of equivalencieto thofe miracles whichhe wrought aniongfl them, and fhouldperfuade them toFaftings,Sackecloath, and A(hes, &c. Phiterl declaring that place'OfDeutronentie, That hee that had plan- peat teda Vineyard,and not eatenofthe fruit thereof; and that he that hadbuilt him an houfe,and not dwelt therein ; and that he that hadmarried a wife,and had not enioyed hercompanie, thould returne backefrom the Warre : this learnedDo- étor faith, That the reafonofthis Proclamationwas, for that it was not heldfir, xeauen is not that another thould for a Fong (as they fay) anddoing little or nothing for it, ';OfCen with a Sony come toinioy the fruit of another mans labours. Will God, That thou (haft not enioy another mans houle, or his Vineyard, for nothing ; and (hall hee giue thee Hcauenfor nothings Zenon inferreth the felfe fame confequence,from that place ofGenefis , I-lic will not butthou ¡luitget thybread with the fweat ofthy per;. browes ; And doefl thou thinkethou shalt purchafe Heauen without taking of paines This isa firangeand harsh kind ofdodrineto our daintier fort of peo- ple and niceWorldlings, who cannot be without their coaches,theirwarmtng- pannes,their perfumes, their muffes,their banquets,theirmuficke, their Come- dies, their Gardensof pleafure, &c. as if thiswere theway togoe to Heauen. But Iwould haue thee to know (faith Greg. izen) that Heauen may be here fit- tedand prepared for vs,but not enioyed. Doe not thou wearie out thy felfe in feeking after that whichour Sauiour Chriftcould not find. When I fee a man fare daintily and delicately,choifeand nice inhis dyer and hiscloathes , and as greedie afterhis profit as his pleafure;I would faineknow ofhim,bcing fogreat a Louer as he is of a merrieand plcafant kindof life,beingwholly giuen to iol- litie,Howhe dares to goe treading andcounting thefe his flcps,towards Hell r Dothhe thinke to lead the fame life there r refits then weariedin theTourney, fat downon theWell. A Trauailer comes all duff andfwear,and exceedingwearie to afountaine,heewaffles himfelfe,makes him - felfe cleane,drinkes,fits down, andfo feekesto (hake offhis wearinefle. But our Sauiourcommingextreamewcarieto this fountaine, neitherwaffles himlelfe, makes himfelfecreane, nordrinkes, but onely fate thus, asbeeing wearied, that thiswoman might take notice of hiswearifomenefle, and this his troublefome iourney ; and foCaietane, and the Cardinaliof Toledo , doe expound the word fie ; that he fate euenthus vpon theWell. The 39 Thegre.:t coif & n:es civet Chrid was a: forour r:1e.r. tion.
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